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"I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" has since gone on to become a Christmas standard.

Theme

The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier stationed overseas during World War II, writing a letter to his family. In the message, he tells his family he will be coming home and to prepare the holiday for him, and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents "on" the tree. The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying, "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams". The flip side of the original recording (Decca 18570B) was "Danny Boy."

Writing and copyright

The song was written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent. Songwriter Buck Ram, known for his hits including "Only You", "The Great Pretender", "Twilight Time", and "The Magic Touch", wrote the original lyrics in 1922, while a student at the University of Illinois, as a poem for his mother. Kent and Gannon were acquaintances, and the three discussed the song during a chance meeting in a bar in 1941. A songwriter, producer and manager for groups that included The Platters, The Penguins, and The Flares, Ram was credited as a co-writer as a result of a lawsuit brought by his publisher, Mills Music. Bing Crosby's original 1943 release of the song on Decca Records listed only Walter Kent and Kim Gannon as the songwriters on the record label. Later pressings added the name of Buck Ram to the songwriting credit.

Bing Crosby recording

On October 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records; it was released as a 78 rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix #L3203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Within a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak at number three. The next year, the song reached number 16 on the charts.

The U.S. War Department also released Bing Crosby's performance of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" from the December 7, 1944, Kraft Music Hall broadcast with the Henderson Choir, J.S.T., on V-Disc, as U.S. Army V-Disc No. 441-B and U.S. Navy V-Disc No. 221B, Matrix #VP1253-D5TC206. The song from the broadcast has appeared in many Bing Crosby compilations.

In the midst of World War II, the song touched the hearts of Americans, both soldiers and civilians, and it earned Crosby his fifth gold record. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" became the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows. The GI magazine Yank said Crosby "accomplished more for military morale than anyone else of that era".

Despite the song's popularity with Americans at the front and at home, in the UK, the BBC banned the song from broadcast, as the Corporation's management felt the lyrics might lower morale among British troops.

Seventy-seven years after its original release, Bing Crosby's "I'll Be Home for Christmas" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (at number 50 on the chart dated January 2, 2021).

Charts

Chart (1943–2021)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	50
US Best Sellers in Stores (Billboard)	3
US Hot 100 Recurrents (Billboard)	13
US Streaming Songs (Billboard)	30
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)	28
US Rolling Stone Top 100	23

Notable history and cover versions

Elvis Presley recorded the song in September 1957, and was featured on the LP Elvis' Christmas Album.

Singer Johnny Mathis also covered the song on his Merry Christmas album in 1958, which was the No. 2 Christmas album of 1963 and 1964 as there were no Christmas album rankings prior to 1963. In December 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, while on Gemini 7, requested "I'll Be Home for Christmas" be played for them by the NASA ground crew. Since the incarnation of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958, cover versions by Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello and American singers Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban are the only versions of the song to enter the chart.

Kelly Clarkson version

Chart (2011–2019)	Peak position
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista)	85
US Billboard Hot 100	93
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	7
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)	16

Michael Bublé version

Chart (2010–2022)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	70
Hungary (Stream Top 40)	40
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	71
Portugal (AFP)	145
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	82
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)	44
US Jazz Digital Songs (Billboard)	9

Brian McKnight version

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	14

Pentatonix version

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Holiday Digital Songs (Billboard)	8

Seth MacFarlane version

Chart (2014–2015)	Peak position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	28

Josh Groban version

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Canada AC (Billboard)	45
US Billboard Hot 100	95
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	1
US Christian AC (Billboard)	44

Reba McEntire version

Chart (1998–1999)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	68

Rascal Flatts version

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	34

Sara Evans version

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	46

Elvis Presley and Carrie Underwood version

Chart (2008–2009)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	54

Camila Cabello version

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Global 200 (Billboard)	108
Italy (FIMI)	92
UK Singles (OCC)	24
US Billboard Hot 100	71
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)	58

Certifications and sales

Michael Bublé


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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v t e Bing Crosby singles
Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "Symphony" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "South America, Take It Away" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

v t e Perry Como
Albums	Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1946) So Smooth (1955) We Get Letters (1957) Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958) When You Come to the End of the Day (1958) Como Swings (1959) Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959) For the Young at Heart (1960) Sing to Me Mr. C (1961) By Request (1962) The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962) The Songs I Love (1963) The Scene Changes (1965) Lightly Latin (1966) Perry Como in Italy (1966) The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968) Look to Your Heart (1968) Seattle (1969) Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) It's Impossible (1970) I Think of You (1971) And I Love You So (1973) Perry (1974) Just Out of Reach (1975) 40 Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977) Where You're Concerned (US) (1978) Perry Como (1980) Perry Como Live on Tour (1981) So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983) Today (1987) Perry Como's Christmas Concert (1994) On the Radio – The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009) At the Supper Club (2010) At the Supper Club Part II (2011) At the Supper Club Part III (2011)
Songs	"'A' You're Adorable" "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" "And I Love You So" "As Time Goes By" "Bali Ha'i" "Because" "Beyond Tomorrow" "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" "Blue Room" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Caterina" "Catch a Falling Star" "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" "Confessin'" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" "Delaware" "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)" "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)" "A Dreamer's Holiday" "El Cóndor Pasa" "Far Away Places" "Feelings" "Fly Me to the Moon" "For the Good Times" "Forever and Ever" "Forget Domani" "Give Me Your Hand" "Glendora" "The Gypsy in My Soul" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Hello, Young Lovers" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Home for the Holidays" "Hoop-Dee-Doo" "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" "A House Is Not a Home" "I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore" "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" "I May Never Pass This Way Again" "I Think I Love You" "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "If (They Made Me a King)" "It's a Good Day" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" "Juke Box Baby" "Kewpie Doll" "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "The Lord's Prayer" "Magic Moments" "Mandolins in the Moonlight" "Maria" "Moon River" "More" "No Other Love" "Papa Loves Mambo" "Please Mr. Sun" "Prisoner of Love" "Round and Round" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Say You're Mine Again" "Seattle" "The Shadow of Your Smile" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" "The Songs I Love" "Stop! And Think It Over" "Surrender" "Till the End of Time" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Unchained Melody" "Wanted" "The Way You Look Tonight" "What'll I Do" "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" "Young at Heart"
Related	Perry Como discography Perry Como television and radio shows Beat the Band The Chesterfield Supper Club List of songs recorded by Perry Como Goodman Ace Mitchell Ayres Ray Charles Frank Gallop Nick Perito
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v t e Josh Groban
Discography
Studio albums	Josh Groban (2001) Closer (2003) Awake (2006) Noël (2007) Illuminations (2010) All That Echoes (2013) Stages (2015) Bridges (2018) Harmony (2020)
Live albums	Awake Live (2008)
Compilation albums	A Collection (2008)
Singles	"To Where You Are" "You Raise Me Up" "Believe" "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Ave Maria" "The Prayer" "Hidden Away" "Você Existe Em Mim" "Higher Window" "Brave" "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" "Evermore" "Granted"
Other songs	"All I Ask of You" "If I Can't Love Her" "The Impossible Dream" "Maria" "Over the Rainbow" "Sous le ciel de Paris"
Concert tours	Awake Tour (2007) Straight to You Tour (2011) All That Echoes World Tour (2013) Summer Symphony Tour (2014) Josh Groban on Stage (2015–2016)

v t e Sara Evans songs
Discography
Three Chords and the Truth	"True Lies" "Three Chords and the Truth" "Shame About That"
No Place That Far	"Cryin' Game" "No Place That Far" (with Vince Gill) "Fool, I'm a Woman"
Born to Fly	"Born to Fly" "I Could Not Ask for More" "Saints & Angels" "I Keep Looking"
Restless	"Backseat of a Greyhound Bus" "Perfect" "Suds in the Bucket" "Tonight"
Real Fine Place	"A Real Fine Place to Start" "Cheatin'" "Coalmine" "You'll Always Be My Baby"
Greatest Hits	"As If" "Some Things Never Change"
Stronger	"A Little Bit Stronger" "My Heart Can't Tell You No" "Anywhere"
Slow Me Down	"Slow Me Down" "Put My Heart Down"
Words	"Marquee Sign"
Unbroke	"Pride"
Other singles	"That's the Beat of a Heart" (with The Warren Brothers) "Low" "Feels Just Like a Love Song"
Other recorded songs	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Never Alone" (with Jim Brickman)

v t e Kelly Clarkson songs
Discography
Thankful	"The Trouble with Love Is" "Miss Independent" "Low" "Beautiful Disaster" "A Moment Like This" "Before Your Love"
Breakaway	"Breakaway" "Since U Been Gone" "Behind These Hazel Eyes" "Because of You" "Gone" "Walk Away"
My December	"Never Again" "One Minute" "Sober" "Don't Waste Your Time" "Be Still"
All I Ever Wanted	"My Life Would Suck Without You" "I Do Not Hook Up" "Cry" "All I Ever Wanted" "Already Gone" "If I Can't Have You" "Save You" "Whyyawannabringmedown" "Long Shot" "Can We Go Back"
Stronger	"Mr. Know It All" "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" "Dark Side" "Einstein" "I Forgive You" "Hello" "The War Is Over" "Don't You Wanna Stay"
Greatest Hits – Chapter One	"Catch My Breath" "People Like Us" "Don't Rush"
Wrapped in Red	"Wrapped in Red" "Underneath the Tree" "Winter Dreams (Brandon's Song)" "Just for Now" "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
Piece by Piece	"Heartbeat Song" "Invincible" "Someone" "Take You High" "Piece by Piece" "Run Run Run" "Dance with Me" "Nostalgic" "Good Goes the Bye"
Meaning of Life	"Love So Soft" "Heat" "Meaning of Life" "Move You" "Whole Lotta Woman" "I Don't Think About You"
UglyDolls	"Broken & Beautiful" "Couldn't Be Better"
When Christmas Comes Around...	"Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You)" "Glow" "Santa, Can't You Hear Me" "Under the Mistletoe" "All I Want for Christmas Is You" "Christmas Eve" "You for Christmas"
Chemistry	"Mine" "Me" "Favorite Kind of High"
Collaborations	"Timeless" "Foolish Games" "Little Green Apples" "PrizeFighter" "All I Ask of You" "Second Hand Heart" "Keeping Score" "9 to 5" "You're Drunk, Go Home" "DJ Play a Christmas Song" (Remix)
Other songs	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "My Grown Up Christmas List" "Up to the Mountain" "Get Up (A Cowboys Anthem)" "Tie It Up" "It's Quiet Uptown" "I Dare You"
Songs

v t e Camila Cabello
Awards and nominations Discography Songs
Studio albums	Camila (2018) Romance (2019) Familia (2022) C,XOXO (2024)
Singles	"I Know What You Did Last Summer" "Bad Things" "Crying in the Club" "Havana" "Never Be the Same" "Sangria Wine" "Consequences" "Mi Persona Favorita" "Señorita" "Liar" "Shameless" "Cry for Me" "Easy" "Living Proof" "My Oh My" "First Man" "Don't Go Yet" "Oh Na Na" "Bam Bam" "Psychofreak" "Hasta los Dientes" "Mon amour" "Ku Lo Sa" "I Luv It" "He Knows" "Godspeed"
Featured singles	"Love Incredible" "Hey Ma" "Know No Better" "Almost Like Praying" "Beautiful" "Find U Again" "South of the Border" "Move"
Promotional singles	"I Have Questions" "OMG" "Real Friends" "Million to One"
Other songs	"She Loves Control" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "The Christmas Song" "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "June Gloom"
Concert tours	Never Be the Same Tour
Related articles	Fifth Harmony
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v t e The Carpenters
Karen Carpenter Richard Carpenter
Studio albums	Offering (Ticket to Ride) (1969) Close to You (1970) Carpenters (1971) A Song for You (1972) Now & Then (1973) Horizon (1975) A Kind of Hush (1976) Passage (1977) Christmas Portrait (1978) Made in America (1981) Voice of the Heart (1983) An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984) Lovelines (1989) As Time Goes By (2001)
Live albums	Live in Japan (1975) Live at the Palladium (1976)
Compilation albums	The Singles: 1969–1973 (1973) The Singles: 1974–1978 (1978) The Very Best of the Carpenters (1982) Yesterday Once More (1984) Only Yesterday (1990) From the Top (1991) Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration (1995) Love Songs (1997) Reflections (1998) The Singles: 1969–1981 (2000) The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 (2002) Carpenters Perform Carpenter (2003) Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition (2004) The Ultimate Collection (2006) 40/40 (2009) Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
Solo albums	Time (1987) Karen Carpenter (1996) Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998)
Singles	"Looking for Love" "Ticket to Ride" "(They Long to Be) Close to You" "We've Only Just Begun" "Merry Christmas, Darling" "For All We Know" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "Superstar" "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Sing" "Yesterday Once More" "Top of the World" "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Please Mr. Postman" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "Only Yesterday" "Solitaire" "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" "I Need to Be in Love" "Goofus" "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" "Sweet, Sweet Smile" "I Believe You" "Touch Me When We're Dancing" "(Want You) Back in My Life Again" "Those Good Old Dreams" "Beechwood 4-5789" "Make Believe It's Your First Time" "Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore" "Little Altar Boy" "Honolulu City Lights" "Something in Your Eyes" "If I Had You" "Ave Maria" "The Rainbow Connection"
Other songs	"Let Me Be the One" "A Song for You" "This Masquerade" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Can't Smile Without You" "I Just Fall in Love Again" "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" "Where Do I Go from Here"
Television series and specials	Make Your Own Kind of Music (1971) Live at the BBC (1971) Very First TV Special (1976) Space Encounters (1978) A Christmas Portrait (1978) Music, Music, Music (1980)
Music video releases	Gold: Greatest Hits (1991 VHS / 2002 DVD) Interpretations (1995 VHS / 2003 DVD)
Documentaries	Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1998) Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007)
Related	Discography Songs John Bettis Tony Peluso If I Were a Carpenter Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story The Karen Carpenter Story Classic Carpenters
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